Comet Hale-Bopp on March 31, 1997

This is a "home-made" b/w print of a colour neg.                               HB313bw.JPG
15 Min (20:15-20:30 UTC) on Kodak PPF 400 Pro, 500mm f/8 Tele Lens, Bronica ETRS Medium Format Camera mounted onto my Meade 10" LX-200 SCT Telescope.

Hale-Bopp "wide field" through 50mm lens                                       HB31_50.JPG

Me and my Telescope at the observing site after sunset ...                 MR31397.JPG

Comet Hale-Bopp on March 17. 1997

3 Min on New Kodak Ektacolor Pro Gold 1000                               HB173C5.JPG (48kB)
75mm f/2.8 Lens, Bronica ETRS Medium Format Camera mounted onto my father's Celestron C5+ Telescope.
This was the first time I used this new film! Seems as if it is really a fast one and it brings out a nice blue sky.
Apparently I over exposed this shot as the sky is clearly lit up ...

30 sec on Kodak Ektacolor Pro Gold 400                                         HB173azi.JPG (34kB)
Same Camera was used, now mounted on a tripod for unguided photography!
Incredible what you can capture on film within only short period of time.

Comet Hale-Bopp on March 2. 1997
10 Min on Kodak PPF 400 Pro (hypered)
500mm f/8

 Small:  HB2397KL.JPG (23kB)            [b/w] HB2397bw.JPG (90kB)

 Large:  HB2397GR.JPG (158kB)

Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) with M71
Date: 7. Feb. 1997
30 min on Kodak PPF 400 Pro (hypered)
500mm f/8

HB070297.JPG  (167kB)  (Color Photo)

HB0702bw.JPG  (110kB)  (Inverted)

HB0702sw.JPG (70kB) (Black & White Photo)

Orion Nebula (M42)
Date: 7. Feb. 1997
20 min on Kodak PPF 400 Pro (hypered)
500mm f/8

OrionM42.JPG  (39kB)

Horsehead Nebula in Orion
Date: Feb. 6, 1997
45 min on Kodak PPF 400 Pro (hypered)
500mm f/8

Horshead.JPG (50kB)

Partial Sun Eclipse on 12 October 1996

The eclipse took place in the afternoon with a maximum at about 14:29 UTC.
This photo was taken between 14:00 and 14:20 UTC. The sky was rather hazy and this shows up clearly in the picture!

Image was made through a 80-200mm Zoom Lens with 2x Tele Extender (total focal length of 400mm) on Kodak Gold 100 film.

Moon Eclipse, Spring 1996

On April 3/4 1996 we were lucky being able to observe the Moon Eclipse from the beginning until the end.
The "seeing" was excellent all night long and I took a couple pictures.

Celestron C5+ mounted on Meade 10" LX-200 (azimutal) / Kodachrome 64 ASA

 MoonEc96.jpg (23kB)